Orpheus and Eurydice commonlit answers

PART A: What impact does the word "sputter" in paragraph 1 have on the mood of the story?

B. It parallels the potential and missed chances of the characters, contributing to the somber mood of the story.

PART A: Which statement best expresses a main theme of the text?

B. True love is worth great sacrifice and can survive even death

PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

C. "In all that time, shunning all women, Orpheus still believed his love-pledge was forever." (Paragraph 5)

PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

C. "There remained but little more to climb till they would touch the Earth's surface...Instantly, she slipped away." (Paragraph 3)